John 6:5

John 6:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
• New International Version (NIV)When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?”

Context of John 6:5

3And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there sat with his disciples: 4but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. Jesus then, lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to him, says to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves that these may eat? 6But this he said trying him, for he knew what he was going to do. 7Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little [portion].

John 6:5 word by word

Ἐπάρας οὖν τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ θεασάμενος ὅτι πολὺς ὄχλος ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγει πρὸς Φίλιππον· πόθεν ἀγοράσωμεν ἄρτους, ἵνα φάγωσιν οὗτοι;Read the interlinear

• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• liftingἐπαίρωepairō · to lift upG1869
• eyesὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• seeingθεάομαιtheaomai · to look atG2300
• greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• crowdὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• saysλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• PhilipΦίλιπποςPhilippos · PhilipG5376
• buyἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
• loavesἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068

Cross-references for John 6:5

• John 4:35Do not ye say, that there are yet four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, for they are already white to harvest.
• Matthew 14:14And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.
• Mark 6:34And on leaving [the ship] [Jesus] saw a great crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
• Luke 9:12But the day began to decline, and the twelve came and said to him, Send away the crowd that they may go into the villages around, and [into] the fields, and lodge and find victuals, for here we are in a desert place.
• Matthew 15:33And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?
• Mark 8:2I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,
• Luke 9:13And he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we should go and buy food for all this people;

Commentaries on John 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Saw a great company - See this miracle explained at large on Matthew 14:13; (note), etc.; Mark 6:31; (note), etc.; Luke 9:10; (note), etc. In speaking of the passovers, and various other matters, it does not appear that John follows any strict chronological order. From John 6:15, it appears that our Lord had come down from the mountain, and fed the multitudes in a plain at the foot of it. Saith unto Philip - This, with what follows, to the end of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Where can we buy bread: When the Israelites left Egypt after the first Passover and entered the desert, finding food and water was also their first concern (Exodus 15:22–16:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-13(See on Mr 6:31-44). 3. a mountain--somewhere in that hilly range which skirts the east side of the lake.Read the comment

Topics related to John 6:5

• Faith
• Jesus, the Christ
• Philip

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Commentaries on John 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings